The Handmaid's Tale season 2, episode 12: Did Offred lose the baby?

THE HANDMAID’S TALE season 2 is nearing the end as things reach a head for Offred/June. The most recent episode called Holly, saw June going into labour and giving birth to a girl called Holly. But did Offred lose the baby?

Elisabeth Moss as Offred/June in The Handmaid's Tale season 2 (Image: CHANNEL 4)

Elisabeth Moss as Offred/June in The Handmaid's Tale season 2 (Image: CHANNEL 4)

Fred and Serena will now raise the child as their own with June having to painfully be a bystander.

In the original 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood, Offred/June is moved from one Commander’s household to another to help them bear a child.

The novel reveals that Fred is the third “assignment” that Offred/June is given.

Once a Handmaid has given birth to a chid, she can only stay for a few weeks to breastfeed the infant before she’s passed on to a new Commander.

However, it’s not clear if the Hulu TV series will diverge from this and keep Offred/June with the Waterfords or move her on to a new family. After all, Serena and Fred have become firm fixtures in The Handmaid’s Tale.

But to keep the programme evolving and the world of Gilead expanding, it would make sense narratively to move Offred/June on again.